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Urban Planning and the African-American Community: In the Shadows [Paperback]

June Manning Thomas (Editor), Marsha Ritzdorf (Editor)
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December 10, 1996 0803972342 978-0803972346
Clarifying the historical connections between the African-American population in the United States and the urban planning profession, this book suggests means by which cooperation and justice may be increased. Chapters examine: the racial origins of zoning in US cities; how Eurocentric family models have shaped planning processes of cities such as Los Angeles; and diversifying planning education in order to advance the profession. There is also a chapter of excerpts from court cases and government reports that have shaped or reflected the racial aspects of urban planning.

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  • Paperback: 331 pages
  • Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc (December 10, 1996)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0803972342
  • ISBN-13: 978-0803972346
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.8 inches
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5.0 out of 5 stars groundbreaking and intriguing, September 15, 1998
This review is from: Urban Planning and the African-American Community: In the Shadows (Paperback)
This book shows how injustice has affected the black community. Each essay underscores the contradictions and the sad impact of racism on the urban conditions of blacks.

The book is groundbreaking. It is pivotal because many of the most important urban policies, e.g., urban renewal, the war-on-poverty, model cities, have been used in the black community. Unfortunately the policies have enjoyed only a modium of success. Moreover, the planning professional and many of the voices in the academy have continued to deny the significance of this community as well as the contributions of blacks who had an indelible impact as urban and community planners.

The essays are accessible and poignant. While they would certainly need to be discussed in urban planning schools, they should also be of real interest to the general public who would profit from the vital information and sagas described in the book. One of the best planning volumes to be published recently.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, October 23, 2011
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I am a graduate student working toward a career in city planning and regional development. I had to read this book for class and am adding it to my personal library.
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planning education, forbidden neighbors, neighborhood planning program, environmental equity, multicultural education, eleven cities, environmental racism, black schools, underwriting manual, electing black mayors, metropolitan decentralization, housing segregation, accreditation criteria, hazardous waste sites, citizen participation plan, unified diversity for social action, racial zoning, zoning movement, urban environmentalism, equity planners, infiltration theory, equity planning, zoning and real estate, second ghetto, urban environmentalists
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African American, New York, Model Cities, Los Angeles, United States, Supreme Court, World War, Birmingham News, Morgan State University, East Market Street, Benjamin Greene, Government Printing Office, Birmingham's Black, California Eagle, Coming Together, North Carolina, Forty Years, Greensboro Record, New Orleans, The Racial Origins of Zoning, City of Birmingham, Operation New Birmingham Papers, Charles Abrams, Making the Second Ghetto, American Planning Association
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